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money to support the one aud Won
der good naiuredly wha'. tho o;her |
means. Both Of these actions Prove ,
that they have their r cd points
To some. camping cut is a MISERY.
1t is like the doc roe Of icr,-or-
dination to thcol ceisus; they inow
there is snch q 'Icctrine, but h,w it
Can be adjusted. harmonisusly with
other known traths aud facts or
what practice Il use IL can be put to,
they are igr ,oraut. All people know
there Is su Oh thing as camping out.
They. REQ SgniEe it as q tact. But
how 1t e'In be harmouiously adju'ted
with other facts OF life, or whatuso
it can POSSIBLY serve, they cant con-
ccive. For instance, beds are
among the facts Of lite, and bed
can't be tolerated IN camp. A bed
stead in this north Wilderness where
We are camped would create q Icvo-
luton. The waters would flee sway,
and the hills melt Ii Q wax nj the
sight of one. The tables and chairs,
napkins, pies and cakes are among
ahe facts of lie, but in the woods
these things are not. remember
once wo had a pie providepiially
introduced int our camp on Little
Upper. Whether it came fronfsbose
OF below. or how il was transported,
was never discovered. Ii was in
tin canister, Theoretically sealed. 1t
was q mysterious aud fearful look
ing box, surreptitiously introduced
under cover OF darkness. Indeed, it
might be said the camp was am
pushed by that pie. In the early
morning q fearful rumor spread
through the camp. Some one started
the word pie" That word traversed
the camp from end to end ike a
murderous prcjectile. IL exploded
like bomb in every lodge aud tent.
There was one man 10 camp that year
who could sleep longer aud snore
louder than the whole comp my com
bined. No ordinary noise would wake
him. Tornadoes might blow, thunder
roll and rattle overhead, lightning
set the air sfame. but through il all
he could 81 ep passively 90. A South
| American earthquake might posi-
bly, have disturbed him slightly,
but nothing else would. But
the instant that word sounded
be struck the perpendicular like a
fash. IL was said that he was the
FIRST man out OF his tent. The camp
gathered round that pie. They ap.
proached II aud then receded; they
looked ut it from different angles;
they got behind trees and lined
their vision with the bark. Hope
and terror contended for mastery 10
their breasts. That pie nearly broke
up the camp. IL led TO discussion ;
IL provoked argument; IL excited
strong feeling; it leit TO such an e1.
hibition OF human nature as no
steady community could endure.
There is q farther history to that
pie which | refrain from recording
Ii came suddenly; IL disappeared
suddenly; il dropped down miracu-
lousy upon us and IL kept on drop.
ping down. 1t was q peril, and as a
peril IL was dispatched.
It is evident, therefore, Jhaj.-to
things which they regard as essential ,
not only TO happiness, but even TO
existence, are not obtainable. How
can people live, they say, without
beds2 Without chairs aud tables,
bath aud toilet iacilities2 Even IL
one could survive without those,
how could one live without pie? IL
is credible that no American was
ever known 10 do IL. No American
can be imagined doing il. Aud
hence the whole thing OF camping
out is a mystery. They can't under.
stand il at all.
These Canadian woods are in
termipable; practical |, so, for they
extend from the 81. Lawrence TO tho
North Pole, or as near IL as trees
can grow. Their eastern limit is
Labrador, and they stretch west.
ward 10 the Rocky Mountains. This
eastern section, as | we'll know.
which lis between the Saguenay
aud the headsaters Of the Ofta va, is
penetrated by large rivers aud filled
with numberless lakes. The o, tawa
with all its northern tributaries, the
Maurice, the 81. Charles, aud Jacques
Cartier, the Moutmorenci, the
S,guenay, and then the great streams
that flow into the Lake Sc. John,
besides many other aud lesser ones.
some with names, hut most nameless.
all these make this vast wilderness
north OF the ST. Lawrence one vast
meshwork OF waiercourses-syly
highways, on whose banks the beaver
aud otter breed, the wild fowl hatch
Their young. aud only the Indian
canoe, Silent In motion as them.
selves. Is ever seen.
The center Of the eastern section
OF this great wilderness il Lcko Sc.
Johu, forty miles 10 length, and into
IL flow waters from the far North,
even from the ridge beyond which all
streams run northward, omptying
in.o Hudsou's bay. Tomorrow /
shall stand upon its shores, only for
Q day, Tor my tail leads rthwari
still for 300 miles; norlhward whcr,
sportsman has never gone, until |
come TO kisstas.ini, that mystery Of
the woods, of whose sire and length
no man is ever sure, In spite of a sc
called government report, in Oh,
truth Of which | have found non,
that put confidence, aud many-anc
those who know the most Of this lar
North couutry-declare 20 be a
fraud. AM 50, partly from love
OF woods aud water, that still
remain a. nature made them, aud
partly 20 see this mysterious sheet of
water OF which 30 many different
tales are told, aud know, fora surety.
whether IL be- small OF great, aud Il
great, how great, leave the Lake
st. John tomorrow aud push north.
ward 20 SEQ what may sec aud learn
what now is little known. How good
Il seems 10 be In the dear woods once
more, away IRON the troubles Of
des and currents, OF worrying reels
aud logs, OF uncertain channels aud